Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

Two workers were killed while three others fell ill following an accident at a gas excavation plant of a private entity at the industrial township of Durgapur in West Bengal’s West Burdwan district on ...

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s remark that the BJP is “mixing poison in the Yamuna” is a “political stunt” by the AAP aimed at influencing voters in the Delhi polls and deflecting attention from its own ...

This resilient crop thrives in tropical climates and is vital for poorer communities, but its tubers and leaves contain cyanogenic glycosides, which can cause fatal cyanide poisoning if not detoxified ...

Over 7,000 years ago, a prehistoric chemist concocted a poisonous potion, carefully applied it to the tip of an arrow, and ...

Q: I repotted some houseplants a few months ago and now I see small, whitish yellow rounded structures on the surface of the ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

Researchers find the oldest multi-component hunting poison on arrowheads inside a 7,000-year-old antelope bone.

What is milk thistle good for? Here are the advantages and downsides of taking milk thistle supplements – plus whether it is safe to do so.

Both squirrels and jays help to plant more oaks by caching them and not retrieving all of them. Oaks are important trees in ...

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a so-called corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike ...

Across the globe in Australia, a Amorphophallus titanum corpse flower nicknamed Putricia has been blooming for the past week ...